Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25


were good for millions and within a de-
csde and half more than thirty million
aires have been removed from the Pa
cidc slope by death. Rslston, the
banker, drowned himself ID 1875, and in
1874, W. B. Bowen, who was worth
So. 600 600, was found with 8 bullet in
mis- brain. During this same year James
de Lavesga died, leaving 'S3 600, 900, and
shortly afterwards E Q. Croker of Sac
ramento left SO, 100000 In 1876 7 G.
Manson failed TO take his million dollars
into his costly coffin, and James Lick
gave up some Of the millions he had made
to charity. It was no more than ten
years ago that Mark Hopkins left his man.
ssn OF Mob Hill and his $40, 900 to
occupy six feet of cold earth, and Micheal
Reese died during the same year worth
several million. Reese had genius for
lending money. He borrowed cheap and
lent dear, and it is said that he made
100000 annually on borrowed money.
HIS personal expenses were less than
$4,000 year, and MS income WAS several
hundred times that amount.
Ii 1880 liquor dealer named Martin
die0 in San Francisco worth 81, 800 900,
and in 1885 the farmer king, Hugh Glenn,
was shot by an assassin. Glenn began
lite in California as q mule seller. He
turned his attention to California farming
rather than to mining, and during the
latter years he Wss one Of the largest
land owners in the United States. He
had a cattle ranch in Oregon which con-
tanned 20, 900 acres, and the pay roll OF
bis farm in California amounted to $500a
day. He often sold 100000 worth Of
cattle in g single year, and he had at
times as many as $4,000 sheep. His
widow l think still manages his estate,
and the value of one Of its yearly crops
not long ago approached $4,000.
The rich men Of California of o-day are
fully equal to those of the past. Stanford
is put down at SIS, 0Ol .O00, Macksy was
lately credited with $50, O0G, 900, and Fair
another Of the bonanza kings, with like
amount. Hearst is said TO be worth any
where from So, 1000, 0G0 to $40 0O,000,aDd
there are two cattle kings in California
named Miller and Lux who have made
about $4,000, 900 eEcn within the past
tweE ty years. They own 900, 900 acres of
California land, and tnev have 800 miles
miles OF fences. One of their canals used
for irrigating is worth $1,000, 900
dollars, and their stock consisted not
long ago of 100, 600 head of cattle and
$4,000 sheep. "Lucky" Baldwin owns
10000 acres of land in California, end he
has the wool clipped from 10000 sheep
every year. His wealth is said TO be
$50 ,000, 900. and his income is million
year Claus Spreckels is the sugar king
of the world. He has millions upon mil
lions in sugar plantations, and his sugar
revenue has been as high as SIS, 900 day.
Sharon left SIS, 600, 600, and number OF
these California millionaireshave brought
their fortunes east to increase or decrease
them in Wall street.
P. Huntington has added to his pile
during his residence in New York and
Jim Keene has lost one fortune though l
understand be is fast making another. 1t
is something of q question as to how
John W. Mackey stands at present, but
there is no doubt Of his being worth
millions, and as to Sanford his fortune
increases so fast that it is question with
him what to do with his income.
The richest man in ST. Louis is said to
be Gersrd B. Allen and the amount of
his fortune is $4,000,000. He began life
IS moulder and made fortune in foun-
dries de owns some Of the best real
estate in the town and has stocks and
bonds in nearly everything that is good.
ST. Louis has many rich men in quiet
way. It's fortunes however are rather
those of accumulation than of speCuls-
ton and the town is one Of old families.
It's different with Chicago. Most OF
the rich men OF the metropolis CT the
lakes began life as poor boys, and George
Pullman, Potter Palmer, Marshall Field
and Phil Armour have been the architects
of their own fortunes. Armour is ssid to
he worth from $40, 900, 900 to $50 600, 900
He has his packing establishments in
Kansas City and Omaha as well as in
Chicago and he sends his meat all over
the world. The FaaW9lls started poor
and are now rich, Snd Pullmsn'S wealth
is estimated st $4,000, 600.
William English of Indianapolis, eX
vice presidential candidate, is worth
81 COO. 900, and Civil Service Commits
sioner E1gerton, whose home is at Fort
Wayne, las real estate worth neSrly this
amount. Ohio has many millioDaires and
they are scattered throughout the various
counties from Lake Erie to the Ohio
river. Ia Toledo, Petroleum V. Nasty
gets the income of 81, 100000 out of his
Toledo Blade, and Edwin COWles' paper,
the Leader, OF Cleveland, pays good in
terest on like amount. John R. Nc
Lean receives, it is said, $240,000 year
from his Enquirer stock, and s. prom
inent Cincinnarisn says he is worth
Sc, 200, 900, and he is still under
fifty. John Mclean and his father
own nearly q million in real estate in
Washington city, aad like s number Of
other Ohio rich men they spend their
winters there. John Hay, who received
about 50 100000 from the estate Of
Awasa Stone, has brick palace just
across from the White House, where
twenty years ago he worked for less than
$50 week as Lincoln's private secretary.
His house is built upon ground which
cost Sc a foot, and another OHIO mil
lionaire is now completing residence in
Washington which will cost him 100000
cash. This is to be the home OF Warder
Of Springfield, Ono, and it will be the
finest house ct the capital.
John Sherman, the millionaire Senator
from Mansfield, Ohio, owns house at
Washington worth SOC, 200, and Pendle-
ton, our millionaire minister at Berlin,
has one there Of like value. Hugh J.
JeWett, who comes from GAINESVILLE, OHIO,
now lives at Washington during the win
ter, and he is a millionaire. He received
for many years salary Of $40, 900 year
from the Erie Railroad, and there is
daughter of Nick LongWorth who lives IN
Washington in fine style. Nicholas Long
worth was Cincinnati millionaire who